sleek

sleek is a todo app based on todo.txt, free and open-source. Available for Linux, Windows and MacOS

sleek is an open-source todo app that makes use of the todo.txt format. sleeks GUI is modern and clean yet offers a decent set of functions which help users getting things done. sleek is available as a client for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

By using sleeks GUI or simply writing in plain text todo.txt format, users can add contexts, projects, priorities, due dates or recurrences to their todos and use these todo.txt attributes as filters or search for them by full text search.

sleek watches todo.txt files continuously for changes so it can be used with other todo.txt apps. Users can switch between bright and dark mode, choose several languages and manage multiple todo.txt files.

The todo list can be sorted and grouped by priorities or due dates. Todos with due date or repeating todos will trigger alarms with thresholds of 1 or 2 days before the due date. Completed todos can be hidden or archived into separate done.txt files and if users have tons of todos, a compact view can come in handy.

Support sleek by

• staring, forking and watching it on Github. Once sleek reaches 30 watchers, 30 forks and 75 stars, we can distribute it to MacOS using the Homebrew Package Manager
• reviewing it on SourceForge or Windows Store
• contributing bug reports, code improvements, features or simply suggest new features
• translating sleek into your own language and contributing your translations

Get it from Microsoft Store

You can install sleek from Microsofts Windows Store

Get it from Snap Store

You can install sleek from Canonicals Snap Store using: sudo snap install sleek

Get it from Flathub

Install sleek from Flathub using: flatpak install flathub com.github.ransome1.sleek

Run it using: flatpak run com.github.ransome1.sleek

Get it from Arch User Repository

Install sleek from AUR using: yay -S sleek

Download it for Windows, Linux or MacOS

You can download sleek for Windows, MacOS and Linux from

• SourceForge
• Github

sleeks' Roadmap 2021

A prioritized backlog for new features and known issues can be found on sleeks' roadmap for 2021.

Features

• An existing todo.txt file can be used or a new one can be created
• Todos can be
  • added
  • edited
  • marked as complete (and vice versa)
  • deleted
• A todo can be hidden (add "h:1") but its attributes will appear in filter list and auto complete
• Dark and light mode can be toggled
• A compact view is available
• Completed todos can be bulk archived to a separate done.txt ([name of todo file]_done.txt) file
• Completed todos can be shown or hidden
• Todos can be enriched by
  • contexts
  • projects
  • start dates
  • due dates
• Multi line todos can be created
• A due date can be set using a datepicker
• Todos can repeat themselves based on a given due date. You can use a dedicated picker to add the recurrence or type it in by hand:
  • "rec:d" (daily)
  • "rec:w" (weekly)
  • "rec:m" (monthly)
  • "rec:y" (annually)
  • also more specific recurrences are possible: "rec:2d" (every 2nd day)
• Available contexts and projects will be suggested according to your input
• Todos can be filtered by contexts and projects
• Todos can be sorted and grouped by
  • Priorites
  • Due dates
  • Projects
  • Contexts
• Filters are sorted alphanummerically
• Todos can be looked up using full-text search
• Hyperlinks are detected automatically and can be clicked using the icon
• Alarms will be triggered when a todo is due tomorrow or today
• Todos that include either contexts or projects can be shown or hidden entirely
• A file watcher rereads the todo.txt file if it has been changed
• Multiple todo.txt files can be managed
• Multiple languages are automatically detected or can be set by hand
  • English
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • French
• Tabindex available
• Existing todos can be used as templates for new ones
• Basic keyboard shortcuts are available:
  • New todo: CMD/CTRL + n
  • Find todo: CMD/CTRL + f
  • Show or hide completed todos: CMD/CTRL + h
  • Toggle dark mode: CMD/CTRL + d
  • Open file: CMD/CTRL + o
  • Open settings: CMD/CTRL + ,
  • Toggle side bar: CMD/CTRL + b
  • Set priorities (available when add/edit window is open): CTRL+SHIFT+[A-Z]
  • Submit todo (available when add/edit window is open): CTRL + Enter

Build sleek from source code

1. Setup Git and node.js
2. Fork sleek git clone https://github.com/ransome1/sleek.git and cd into sleeks directory
3. Install dependencies npm install
4. Build sleek npm run dist (Binaries for all plattforms will be put into the dist folder)

Used libraries

• Electron: https://github.com/electron/electron
• Electron builder: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder
• Electron packager (only for the Snap builds): https://github.com/electron/electron-packager
• electron-util: https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-util
• Bulma CSS: https://github.com/jgthms/bulma
• Font Awesome: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome
• jsTodoTxt: https://github.com/jmhobbs/jsTodoTxt
• Marked: https://github.com/markedjs/marked
• vanillajs-datepicker: https://github.com/mymth/vanillajs-datepicker
• i18next: https://github.com/i18next/i18next
• Matomo: https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo